trefle.io · Taken Jun 30, 2016 by Tela Botanica − Florent BECK (cc-by-sa)
Cyperaceae
Broad-leaved cottongrass
Eriophorum latifolium
Also known as Eriophorum polystachion var. latifolium, Broadleaf cottonsedge, Eriophorum latifolium var. congestum, Eriophorum latifolium
Native Plants · Cottongrass · Bog Plant · Wetland · Sedge · Eriophorum · Pond Margin · Native Grass · Fluffy Seed Heads · Moisture Loving · Wildlife Garden
Broad-leaved cottongrass thrives in consistently wet, acidic soil and is best suited for bog gardens, pond margins, or rain gardens. Plant in full sun to partial shade and never allow the soil to dry out. It produces attractive fluffy white seed heads in summer that add ornamental interest to naturalistic water features.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water generously to maintain consistently wet to boggy soil conditions · Every 3-5 days or keep consistently moist
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7.5–8
- Temperature
- -35°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Division
Hardiness
USDA 3b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 6 in – 2 ft
- Spread
- 12 in
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Shallow
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Mongolia
- Attracts
- Birds, Bees
Sources: trefle, usda
More Eriophorum
Related plants from the same genus
Buy this plant
No nurseries currently list it
No nursery lists Broad-leaved cottongrass right now.